The History of Unions in the United States with Rashaad Pritchett of SEIU-UHW

Redacted History

Dr. André White

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode of the Redacted History Podcast we take a deep dive into the history and importance of Unions in the United States of America. What is a Union? What do Americans think? What does our government think? How are worker's rights being protected? I sat down with Rashaad Pritchett, a housekeeping aide at Kaiser Richmond in Richmond, California. Rashaad is also a member of SEIU-UHW, a healthcare union comprised of over 120,000 workers who led the largest healthcare workers strike in United States history in October 2023. We discussed his involvement with his union and how it changed his life and how that led to him being on the front lines of a strike that placed immense pressure on the state of California and set precedent for workers nationwide. Connect with SEIU-UHW: https://www.seiu-uhw.org Follow Rashaad: https://www.instagram.com/rashaad_union/ Stay Connected with Me: PATREON: patreon.com/redactedhistory https://www.tiktok.com/@Blackkout___ https://www.instagram.com/redactedhistory_ Contact: thisisredactedhistory@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	This episode of the Redacted History podcast is brought to you by the Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers West.
0:43.8	The Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West is a healthcare justice union of more than 120,000 healthcare workers, patients, and healthcare consumers united to ensure affordable, accessible,
0:58.0	high quality care for all Californians provided by valued and respected healthcare workers.
1:04.0	This is life-saving.
1:06.0	You know, I'm a housekeeper and then my job is important as well.
1:09.0	All these qualifications are important, but one thing is for sure we're all one.
1:12.6	None of that works without us. None of the works.
1:16.6	And all of what you're doing is we're asking the employers, the executives to respect workers' rights.
1:28.3	We want them to stop the unfair labor practices and stop the union bustling and let people do the jobs that they come here and their love.
1:36.3	So, because when we fight, we fight, we win.
1:41.3	In this episode of redacted history, we delve into the long and complex history of unions
1:47.1	in the United States of America. To bring full context and understanding into what some would
1:52.4	consider a complex topic, I sat down with a professional. Rashad Pritchett and had an amazing
1:58.7	conversation. Rashad is a housekeeping aide at Kaiser Richmond in Richmond, California.
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